Settling in for the @DSEI_event Defence Leaders Panel, should be a good discussion featuring @dstlmod, @NATO and @fujitsu_uk. Stay tuned for updates.

Straight of the bat, Dr. Bryan Wells of @NATO echoes a point made in the alliance's S&T trends stressing the importance of the combination of emerging technologies and how they complement each other.

Answering my question on balance between emerging and existing tech, conventional vs emerging S&T, Panelists all agree finding a balance is key, and recognising that existing technologies can help shine a light on future tech.

Dr. David Snelling of Fujitsu says we 'Should be using conventional technology to better understand future technology’

Dr. Wells of NATO talks of the importance of NATO in setting standards to make sure future tech can be interoperable with existing forces of all members. Important to make sure new works with old, and that NATO can help members develop interoperability between differing tech.

Dstl's Gary Aitkenhead on the balance of conventional forces and emerging S&T: "It’s not black and white, old and new”